Tahir returns for India series

Johannesburg: Leg-spinner Imran Tahir was recalled to the Test side after a gap of nine months, as Cricket South Africa (CSA) on Thursday announced their Test, One-Day International (T20I) and Twenty20 squads for the 72-day-long tour of India, starting on October 2.

Tahir last played in the longest format of the game against the West Indies at home on December 26, 2014, and was dropped thereafter because of poor form. He was also left out of South Africa's Test squad for Bangladesh in July.

The Proteas will begin their tour with a T20 warm-up game on September 29 in New Delhi. It will be followed by three T20I, five ODIs and four Test matches. The visitors named three specialist spinners in their Test squad for the four-match Mahatma Gandhi-Nelson Mandela series against India.

Along with Tahir, off-break bowler Dane Piedt is also back following his successful outing against India A. The duo joins the right-arm off-break bowler Simon Harmer in a three-pronged spin attack.

Test squad: Hashim Amla (captain), AB de Villiers, Temba Bavuma, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Dean Elgar, Simon Harmer, Imran Tahir, Morne Morkel, Vernon Philander, Dane Piedt, Kagiso Rabada, Dale Steyn, Stiaan van Zyl, Dane Vilas.

ODI squad: AB de Villiers (captain), Kyle Abbott, Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock, JP Duminy, Faf du Plessis, Imran Tahir, David Miller, Morne Morkel, Chris Morris, Aaron Phangiso, Kagiso Rabada, Rilee Rossouw, Dale Steyn.

T20 squad: Faf du Plessis (captain), Kyle Abbott, Hashim Amla, Farhaan Behardien, Quinton de Kock, Marchant de Lange, AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Imran Tahir, Eddie Leie, David Miller, Chris Morris, Kagiso Rabada, David Wiese, Khaya Zondo.

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